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    shouldn’t feel the pressure to look a certain way. This image is still a considerable influence on this day as it made such a significant impact to the way women dress today and how we look at fashion. If it wasn’t for Jean Shrimpton wearing the mini skirt in 1965 the way, we dress could be very different and what we think is appropriate for clothing could be a lot stricter and have more boundaries. Designers such as André Courrèges made a significant impact on the miniskirt trend, creating…

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    I quickly pull my skirt below my waist until the end of my skirt rests on the ground. As she stands next to me, I think about having to tell my parents that I got a detention. With my teacher standing above me, I am afraid to look up. I feel ashamed, as if I have done something wrong. I am not…

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    ad contains a woman with a short school skirt; her legs are expose as well as her feet also along with a measuring tool along with her leg with adjective words on it. The advertisement appeals to the need for affiliation, aesthetic sensations and to feel safe. There is a young lady standing to the side wearing a short skirt with a ruler type instrument alongside her leg. In this case it 's the need for affiliation into society. Noticing how high her skirt is; we could infer it was an attempt…

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    sure she abides by his rules.Such as when she states,“It was fashionable to wear cashmere twinsets and plaid kilts mid thigh,but T.Ray said hell would be an ice rink before I went out like that-did I want to end up pregnant like Bitsy Johnson who's skirt barely…

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    1950's Fashion Trends

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    were a more glamorous time. Throughout the years our view of fashion has drastically changed. These days boys and girls alike wear casual clothing like jeans and sweatshirts ,but back then that was not acceptable. In the 1950s, women commonly wore skirts and dresses. Most of the time shorts, capris, and pants were saved for casual picnics or playing outside. Even around the Other than that dresses were the way to go. Another trendy women’s fashion from America were trench coats. Other form…

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    it was worn under the hoop skirt, to keep it from getting mud and dirt under it, and the drawers were split and if the hoop skirt would tilt it could reveal more than the woman was comfortable with revealing that's why the under petticoat was there. The sixth layer was the hoop skirt, it was made up of steel covered by cotton, but sometimes it would be whalebone instead of steel, and this would make a caged crinoline.The purpose of a hoop skirt was to hold the skirt into a fashionable shape. The…

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    available in three skirt curve options: flat, medium, and steep. All of the diagnostic lenses had a sphere power of 3.00D. The ultimate objective a lens fitting is to achieve a lens to cornea relationship that is very similar to that of a rigid gas permeable (RGP) alignment fit, while avoiding any contact between the cornea and the RGP portion of the lens. The lens’ base curve fits approximately 0.20 mm (0.75 to 1.75 D) steeper than Flat K and is selected independently of the skirt curve. The…

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    Charles Frederick Worth, an Englishman, was the first couturier of modern times who founded the House of Worth. He was known as the father of couture for his excellent use of fabric. Worth broke all norms and created fashion for everyday life. His approach to design was to find simple situations to society's values. “Worth focused on fit, fabric and construction, the qualities that are the core of haute couture (Polan & Tredre, 2009, p. 9). Worth dominated the fashion industry through his…

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    Saddle Research

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    the saddle has a specific place on the hide it needs to be cut out of to ensure balance and consistency of the saddle; the rigging out of the same place and direction on each hide, the skirts, jockeys, swells, and so on.” (Frecker's Saddlery). After cutting the pieces begin…

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    Keena Ta Diana Sieker 13 December 2013 Literature of the 1980s Fashion Speaks Louder than Words What is fashion? Fashion is something that is dealt with everyday. Fashion is never constant. Something that is in today might not be in tomorrow. As Coco Channel once said, “Fashion is made to become un-fashionable.” Fashion tells you what is trending and is constantly searching for the newest of everything. Some say that fashion gives an individual a sense of self-expression. Fashion is a language…

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